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Serious unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF61 on 8 October 1990 at 02:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 02:55 on Monday 8 October 1990. The 30-year-old male driver and a 29-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1990
Monday, 02:55
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40179, longitude -3.4851, in the CF61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llantwit Major.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620E03220
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 103 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1990620E03220 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1990.